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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4665420, member: 99456&quot;]All three are excellent coins and not easily found, whatever the description!&nbsp; In my view they are all &quot;<i><b>not common</b></i>&quot;.&nbsp; For a definition of rarity that is useful in deciding &quot;do I bid and how much do I bid&quot;, the answers to these questions can be useful gauges:</p><p>- &quot;<i><b>How many have come to auction in the last year</b></i>&quot;</p><p>- &quot;<i><b>How many are on vcoins.com today</b></i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>For your three coins: I can find one this year, but maybe not one the quality of your examples e.g. on vcoins at the moment (counting all coins - ignoring a lot of detail of type) Aemilian (~10), Magnus Maximus (~5), Marius (~25).</p><p><br /></p><p>A healthy skepticism on descriptions in auctions is generally a good idea - &quot;Rare&quot; is not a technical term that is comparable across dealers and auction houses.&nbsp; For ancient collectors, rare doesn&#039;t correlate with pricing i.e. just because it is &quot;rare or extremely rare&quot; doesn&#039;t mean you should pay a lot for it.&nbsp; Demand, condition, number on the market today, style and other factors all play a big factor in price - which should cost more this unique coin (0 available anywhere):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1150588[/ATTACH] or this common mass produced tetradrachm (&gt;100 on vcoins):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1150589[/ATTACH]</p><p>Maybe it isn&#039;t surprisingly that the second coin cost almost 10x the first.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might enjoy <a href="https://www.academia.edu/8814849/With_David_Hendin_Defning_Rarity_in_Seleucid_and_Ancient_jewish_Coinages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/8814849/With_David_Hendin_Defning_Rarity_in_Seleucid_and_Ancient_jewish_Coinages" rel="nofollow">this article</a> from David Hendin and Arthur Houghton, where they do the thought exercise of defining objective &quot;rarity&quot;: <i>&quot;Defining Rarity in Seleucid and Ancient Jewish Coinages&quot;</i>. The authors ask, &quot;Can one devise a concept approach to rarity values that can be applied to all ancient coinages?&quot;.&nbsp; Even if they were successful, I don&#039;t think it would help me decide &quot;do I bid and how much do I bid&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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